Phanerotoma robusta Zettel, 1988 Figs 305, 306-316, 317, 319

Phanerotoma robusta Zettel, 1988: 199-201.

Phanerotoma (Phanerotoma) robusta; van Achterberg, 1990: 57; Edmardash and Gadallah 2019: 369-372.

Additional material.

1♀: " United Arab Emirates, al-Ajban (6424-6425), light tr[ap], 26.ii.-27.iii.2006, 24°36'N, 55°01'E, A. v. Harten, RMNH’07” .

Comparative diagnosis.

Similar to P. ocularis Kohl, but unique because of the long bristles on the fore tarsus (Fig. 319), comparatively small head (Fig. 317) and its large size; inner tooth of mandible 0.2 × as long as apical tooth (Fig. 311); length of malar space 0.7 × basal width of mandible; legs elongate; width of head 0.8-0.9 × maximum width of mesoscutum (Fig. 317); hypopygium with small apical up slanted triangle (Fig. 309); length of fore wing 5.4-5.5 mm and of body 7.0-7.3 mm; wing membrane hyaline.

Distribution.

Kuwait (holotype; NMW), Egypt (Sinai), *United Arab Emirates. Zettel (1988) reported the holotype to be from Dasmat (Saudi Arabia), however Dasma(t) is situated in Kuwait.

Biology.

Unknown.